NEW YORK -- GE Trailer Fleet Services has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Qualcomm Inc. and TransCore, Inc. claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of worldwide trailer tracking hardware vendors. The Vendor Matrix is...
LOS ANGELES AFP — Los Angeles prosecutors have dropped 30 of 59 sexual abuse charges against Indian-born celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander, as jury selection got under way for his trial in California. The 29 charges Alexander will be facing in court are related to "the victims that...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Joe Alexander sat in a courtside chair at the Kings' practice facility after a closed draft-audition workout that included time matched against, he said, small forward Nicolas Batum, power forward Darrell Arthur and point guard Russell Westbrook. The versatile wing from West Virginia was asked,...
After impressing NBA scouts and general managers with his athletic test results this month, former UCLA forward Kevin Love had just one thing to say to his critics: I told you so. The power forward (don't call him a center, he says) had heard skeptics all year say...
Joe Alexander has always enjoyed a good workout. Every day, the former West Virginia forward runs, shoots and lifts in preparation for what was once a far-off goal: the NBA draft and, eventually, the league itself. Now, the hard work is about...
LONDON AFP — Britain on Monday pledged six billion pounds (7.6 billion euros, 11.8 billion dollars) to improve health services and systems in developing countries in a bid to combat AIDS. The seven-year commitment announced by International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander is in addition to one billion pounds already...
His gruesome and very public death shocked the world - and threw London and Moscow into their worst diplomatic crisis since the Cold War. But 18 months on, Mary Dejevsky argues we're still not being told the whole, chilling story Alexander Litvinenko died on 23 November 2006, after...
A Salt Lake County GOP candidate for the Utah House now says he was mistaken about several Republican Party rules when he was "encouraged" to drop out of the House District 35 race by another party officeholder. In his original posted comment on a Deseret News online article,...
Seahawks cut RB Alexander KIRKLAND, Wash. -- The Seattle Seahawks released former MVP Shaun Alexander, just 26 months after he signed a $62 million contract as the franchise's cornerstone. Seahawks president Tim Ruskell said Tuesday the team released Alexander unconditionally hours after the running back passed...
DAVIE, Fla. -- Jake Long seemed at ease in his new role as the NFL's No. 1 draft pick, leaning into a news conference microphone to talk about his mean streak while his mother sat in the corner, nodding as she smiled. The Miami Dolphins were grinning...
SEATTLE, Washington AFP — Former league most valuable player Shaun Alexander was released by the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday. The 2005 National Football League MVP, Alexander has been hampered by a variety of injuries over the last two seasons. Last month, Seattle coach Mike Holmgren said the team...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the demographics of the United States change, it s only natural that enrollment in the nation s colleges and universities mirrors these shifts. One well-reported trend is the growing Hispanic population, which is resulting in a greater number of first-generation college students. Institutions of higher education...
-- Mark Christensen has been named vice president of sales and marketing at Corda Technologies. He will lead Corda's global sales, marketing and product management departments. Christensen joined Corda in 2005 and has held senior-level positions in engineering, marketing, product management and sales at Corda and a pair of other...
THIS is the second of three fantastic supplements, featuring all the entries we received for the Why I Love My Mam competition. Thousands of pictures have been sent in, so to give our entrants a better chance of winning, they have been split into three supplements with three sets...
MINSK AFP — Over 1,000 mourners defiantly joined opposition leader Alexander Kozulin at his wife's funeral on Wednesday after the ex-Soviet republic's authorities briefly released him from prison under US pressure. Violin music played as mourners crammed into a Catholic cathedral with a haggard-looking Kozulin, who was temporarily freed...
Boulder and Aurora students earn $1,000 awards, engraved medallions and trip to nation's capital Honors also bestowed on other top youth volunteers in Colorado U.S. Senators John Kerry and Chuck Hagel to co-chair judging panel that will pick 10 National Honorees in May DENVER -- Jenna Machado,...
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LOS ANGELES -- Tony Award-winning actor Jason Alexander will serve as master of ceremonies for the 20th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award gala, to be held Saturday, February 2, 2008, at Doheny Memorial Library at the University of Southern California. Established in 1988, Scripter is bestowed annually by the Friends...
MONDAY Actor Brad Pitt, pictured, said he expects 150 homes to be built in an area of New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, as part of a project he is backing. The 43-year-old Hollywood star pledged dollars-5 million of his own money to the initiative. Up to 20,000 people in...
